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Students read a poem titled 'The Sea' and explain the meanings of some of the language used.

Students use an index from a book on windsurfing to explain their understandings of an index and to find specific information.

This resource assesses the student's ability to interpret the visual elements of a Water Safety Poster. There are questions on font, logos, and language features.

An anecdotal story about fever and the discovery of quinine provides the context for this assessment with its focus on information retrieval and making inferences. The text is provided with this resource.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

Students select which person has correctly applied the laws of indices to some problems, and explain their choice.

Students complete a table showing a family of sons increasing by a power, and calculate the next power showing their working.

Students read an article on starfish and find factual information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-2-1999. Text not provided.

Students read an article on dog grooming. They find information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-1-1997. Text not provided.

Students work out the area of different shapes.

For this NEMP task students answer a series of questions about fractions.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of practical measuring tasks including calculations involving time and selection of appropriate units of measuring.

Students show how they would carry out estimation of multiplication tasks.

Students read a story about family dynamics to answer inferential questions. SJ-3-3-1996. Text provided.

Task: Students differentiate between simple observations and inferences, and between observations that require measurement and those that do not. Assessment focus: observing scientifically.

This resource requires students to construct a graph on data for temperature and depth below the Earth's crust. Students then answer four questions about this.

For this task students are provided with photographs of four different types of weta. Students are asked to give two features that weta have in common with each other and to give two features that show weta belong to the group insects.

This resource looks at a set of cooking instructions for making "Crispy Rounds".

Students calculate fractions of a total number of cars. They also calculate the total number of cars, given an identified fraction of this total.

Students research and take notes in preparation for writing a biography of a famous New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

Students research and write a biographical recount on the life of a well-known New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

This resource assesses a student's ability to skim quickly and find the answers to eight questions about islands in the Pacific. It is a timed exercise.

Task: Identify the variables for testing how fresh water and salt water affect rusting. Assessment focus: planning a fair test.

Task: Students apply both their knowledge of the functions of roots and information from a model to explain why care is needed when transplanting trees. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

Students explore the concept of equality by deciding whether addition sentences are true, false or not proper number sentences.